2024-25 NHL SEASON PREDICTIONS

 

The 2024-25 season is upon us, and as always, TFP’s Panel of Experts have offered their two-cents on how this NHL campaign will play out. Feel free to chirp us on X at your convenience.

TFP Panel

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division

Bamford

Belle

Bernstein

Calabretta

Hutcheon

Lack

Pagnotta

Paton

Ward
 

TFP Panel

Stanley Cup Champion

Stanley Cup Runner-Up

Bamford

Belle

Bernstein

Calabretta

Hutcheon

Lack

Pagnotta

Paton

Ward
 

TFP Panel

Art Ross

Rocket Richard

Hart

Norris

Vezina

Calder

Selke

Lady Byng

Jack Adams

Bamford

 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Adam Fox Juuse Saros Matvei Michkov Aleksander Barkov Brayden Point Sheldon Keefe

Belle

 Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Nikita Kucherov Roman Josi Sergei Bobrovsky Macklin Celebrini Jordan Staal Elias Pettersson Kris Knoblauch

Bernstein

 Leon Draisaitl Auston Matthews Artemi Panarin Cale Makar Jacob Markstrom Macklin Celebrini Aleksander Barkov Jack Hughes Peter Laviolette

Calabretta

 Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Connor McDavid Roman Josi Jake Oettinger Matvei Michkov Aleksander Barkov Anze Kopitar Sheldon Keefe

Hutcheon

 Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Connor McDavid Cale Makar Igor Shesterkin Matvei Michkov Aleksander Barkov Auston Matthews Craig Berube

Lack

 Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Connor McDavid Cale Makar Connor Hellebuyck Macklin Celebrini Elias Lindholm Jaccob Slavin Sheldon Keefe

Pagnotta

 Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Connor McDavid Cale Makar Jake Oettinger Logan Stankoven Aleksander Barkov Mitch Marner Sheldon Keefe

Paton

 Nathan MacKinnon Auston Matthews Auston Matthews Cale Makar Igot Shesterkin Matvei Michkov Aleksander Barkov Anze Kopitar Craig Berube

Ward

 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid Auston Matthews Roman Josi Jacob Markstrom Lane Hutson Aleksander Barkov Anze Kopitar Sheldon Keefe
 

TFP Panel

Last Place Team

Biggest Name Traded

Bamford

 Nazem Kadri

Belle

 Nikolaj Ehlers

Bernstein

 Cam Fowler

Calabretta

 Martin Necas

Hutcheon

 John Gibson

Lack

 Alex Ovechkin

Pagnotta

 Sean Couturier

Paton

 John Gibson

Ward

 Martin Necas

TFP Experts:

Tab Bamford - Columnist, Chicago
Shawn Belle - Former NHLer, Host of Hello Hockey
Dennis Bernstein - Sr. Writer
David Calabretta - Montreal Correspondent
Shawn Hutcheon - Boston Correspondent
Eddie Lack - Former NHL goalie; NHL Analyst
David Pagnotta - Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Paton - Host, The Hot Stove on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio
Aaron Ward - NHL Analyst, 3-time Stanley Cup Champion